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Patented Mar. 12, 1895.

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MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING TIN PLATE.

No 535,396. Patented Mar. 12, 1895.

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. EDWIN NORTON, OF MAYWOOD, AND HORATIO N. NORTON, OF OAK PARK,

ASSIGNORS TO THE NORTON BROTHERS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING TIN-PLATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,396, dated March12, 1895.

Application filed June 18,1894. Serial No. 514.916. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: kind or construction known to those skilledBe it known that we, EDWIN NORTON, of in the art.

Maywood, and HORATIO N. NORTON, of Oak The cleaner mechanism which weprefer to Park, in the county of Cook and State of Illiemployisindicated in the drawings, and connois, citizens of the United States,have insists essentially of an endless flexible skele- 55 vented a newand useful Improvement in ton conveyerdfm-nished with a series of openMachines for Manufacturing Tin-Plate, of racks, pockets or fingers d forreceiving and which the following is a specification. holding the tinnedsheets in connection with Our invention relates to improvements in abinor receptacle (Z containing bran or other IO machines or apparatus formanufacturing tin cleaning material, through which cleaning 60 plate,and more particularly to a combined material the sheets are drawn orpassed sucapparatus for automatically lifting and coolcessively andcontinuously by the conveyor d. ing thetinned sheets as they issue fromthe F is a chute or passage way along which tinning pot and cleaning thesame. the tinned sheets pass automatically from the Our inventionconsists in the novel devices lifter into the conveyor of the cleaningmech- 65 and novel combinations of parts and devices anism; and G is adeflector device for pushherein shown and described and more paring ordeflecting the lower edge of the sheets ticularly pointed out in theclaims. over the mouth or upper edge of the chute F In the accompanyingdrawings which form as the sheets are released by the lifter, so that apart of this specification, and in which simithe sheets will pass intothe connecting chute 7o lar letters of reference indicate like parts, F.This deflector device consists preferably Figure 1 is a side elevationof a device emof one or more revolving arms as indicated in bodyingourinvention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged the drawings. detail view of partshereinafter described, The connecting chuteFisarranged preferand Fig. 3is a plan View of the parts shown ably in substantially the samedirection or 75 in Fig. 2. inclination as the receiving portion or loopof In the drawings A represents the frame of the endless flexibleconveyor (1 of the cleanthe machine. ing mechanism, so that when thetinned sheets B is a tinning pot and b the finishing rolls pass down tothe lower end of the chute F 0 therein between which thetinnedsheetsissue they will be in the path of the open pockets 80 from thetinning pot. This tinning pot and or fingers d, and thus be receivedthereby. mechanism may be of any suitable kind or con- The chute F isprovided with one or more, strnction known to those skilled in the art.preferably two, spring stopsfand f to cush- O represents theliftingmechanism by which ion the fall or motion of the sheet to prevent thetinned sheets are lifted and suspended or injury to the same. The upperonefof these 85 supported while being given an opportunity stops ismounted on a movable armf so that to cool. This lifter mechanism may beof any it may be moved out of the way at intervals suitable kind orconstruction known to those to permit the sheet to pass down against theskilled in the art. next stop f in position to be received by the Thelifter mechanism which we prefer to carrier pocket (1. The arm f isoperated at 0 employ is indicated in the drawings and consuitableintervals by a cam or projection 67/ sists essentially of an endlesslink chain caron the pulley d of the carrier (Z of the cleanrier cfurnished with a series of pairs of opening mechanism. The movable stopfthusoping and closing fingers c c which grasp the erates as a feed,check or device to prevent sheet at or near its upper edge, thesefingers more than one sheet being fed or passed at a 5 beingautomatically operated by stationary time down against the stop f inposition to cams c on the frame A of the machine. be received by thecarrier of the cleaning D is a cleaner device or mechanism formechanism. The stop f is preferably itself cleaning the oilfrom thetinned sheets. This made in the form of a spring as indicated in cleanermechanism may be of any suitable the drawings, and is also secured to asliding 10o stemf which is surrounded and supported by a coil springftThe construction of the cleaning mechanism which we have shown orindicated in the drawings is familiar to those skilled in the art, andas the particular form of this mechanism constitutes no part of ourpresent improvement it is not necessary to enter into a detaileddescription of this old method.

As illustrated in the drawings the cam or projection 61 consists simplyof a pin inserted in the side face of the pulley d in position to engagethe lever or movable arm f The sliding stem f to which the spring stop fis attached is mounted in a suitable case or barrel f which supports thestop in position. This barrel or casef is attached to an open pocket orreceptacle f f the bottom limlof of which forms a continuation of thechute F and the upper limb f of which is curved upward to tangentiallymeet the pulley d, as is clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. Two ofthe stops f are preferably employed, one at each side of the center ofthe sheet as clearly appears in Fig. 3. The slots or openings f are forthe purpose of receiving and permitting the fingers or pockets d of thecarrier 01 to pass. The stationary pockets f f and the barrel or case fare supported from the frame of the machine by a bracket or arm f WVeclaim 1. The combination with an upright automaticliftingdeviceormechanism constructed and adapted to automatically receive, liftandconvey in an upright position the separate tinned sheets as they issueone by one from the tinning pot so that they may cool while suspended inan upright position, of a mechanism for cleaning the sheets, and meansfor delivering the sheets automatically one by one from the lifter tothe cleaner, substantially as specified.

2. The combination with a device for lifting the sheets as they issuefrom the tinning pot, of a cleaning mechanism, a connecting chute orpassage way from the lifting mechanism to the cleaning mechanism, and adevice for deflecting the sheets into said chute or passage Way afterbeing released by the lifter, substantially as specified.

3. In a tin plate manufacturing apparatus, the combination with a lifterof acleaner, and a connecting chute furnished with one or more springstops, substantially as specified.

4. The combination with a litter of a cleaner, a connecting chute andtwo spring stops in the chute, one of said spring stops being movable,and mechanism for intermittently moving said spring stop to permit thesheets to pass against the succeeding one, substantially as specified.

5. The combination with a lifter of a cleaning mechanism having a sheetconveyer furnished with open pockets or fingers to receive the sheetsand a chute connecting the lifter with said cleaning mechanism todeliver the sheets into the pockets of the cleaner, substantially asspecified.

6. The combination with a tinning pot of the lifting mechanism forlifting the sheets from the tinning pot and cooling the same, a cleaningmechanism furnished with a conveyer provided with open pockets orfingers to receive the sheets a connecting chute or passage way for thesheets and a deflector for pushing the lower edge of the sheets over themouth or edge of said chute when released by the lifting mechanism,substantially as specified.

'7. The combination with a tinning pot of the lifting mechanism forlifting the sheets from the tinning pot and cooling the same, a cleaningmechanism furnished with a conveyer provided with open pockets orfingers to receive the sheets, a connecting chute or passage Way for thesheets, a deflector for pushing the lower edge of the sheets over themouth or edge of said chute when released by the lifting mechanism and aspring stop in said chute to arrest the descent of the sheets,substantially as specified.

8. The combination with a tinning pot of the lifting mechanism forlifting the sheets from the tinning pot and cooling the same, a cleaningmechanism furnished with a conveyer provided with open pockets orfingers to receive the sheets, a connecting chute or passage way for thesheets, a deflector for pushing the lower edge of the sheets over themouth or edge of said chute when released by the lifting mechanism, amovable spring stop mounted in said chute to arrest the descent of thesheets, and mechanism for automatically moving said spring stop atintervals, substantially as specified.

9. The combination with a tinning pot of the lifting mechanism forlifting the sheets from the tinning pot and cooling the same, a cleaningmechanism furnished with a conveyer provided with open pockets orfingers to receive the sheets a connecting chute or passage way for thesheets, a deflector for pushing the lower edge of the sheets over themouth or edge of said chute when released by the lifting mechanism amovable spring stop mounted in said chute to arrest the descent of thesheets, mechanism for automatically moving said spring stop atintervals, and a second spring stop succeeding said first mentioned stopto support the sheet in position to be received by the open pockets orfingers in the conveyor of the cleaning mechanism, substantially asspecified.

EDWIN NORTON. HORATIO N. NORTON. Witnesses:

II. M. MUNDAY, EMMA HACK.

